Research Assistant, Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing, University of Glasgow

A vacancy has arisen for a Research Assistant to work on the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (1700-1945). The AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) awarded a grant over three years (June 2007-May 2010) for the development of an electronic corpus of Scottish literary and non-literary texts from the period of 1700-1945. This corpus is to be mounted on the Web and will be freely available to researchers, educators and members of the public. The focus of the corpus is on Scots and Scottish English. The appointee will work under the supervision of the Glasgow grant-holders, Professor John Corbett and Professor Jeremy Smith, and the Computing Officer, Mr Dave Beavan. The project team includes a postgraduate research student, Mr Dorian Grieve, and associated members of staff, including Mrs Jean Anderson, Dr Wendy Anderson and Professor Christian Kay. The primary task of the Research Assistant will be to support the grant-holders and Computing Officer in maintaining the work-flow necessary to deliver the project targets within the final 17 months of the funding period. The Research Assistant will also contribute to the research outputs of the project.
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Application Forms should be submitted to the Human Resources Department (Recruitment Section), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ.

Closing Date: 17 December 2008

INTERVIEWS FOR THIS POST WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY 12th JANUARY 2009.